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Reviews of The View Hotel

3 out of 5
The View Hotel
309 Stuart Drive West, Fort St. James, BC

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 75 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 75 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 75 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 75 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 75 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Gordon

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jesse

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bed was one of the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in! And the view of Stuart Lake was fantastic! The internet was very slow, I ended up hot spotting off my phone most of my stay. And there are very limited dining options, and the ones that are there close early in the evening. But overall, I really enjoyed my stay and would recommend it!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

scott

8/10 Good

Lorin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really wish it had a restaurant like it had before.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sonya

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I had a nice experience here. Third floor has wonderful views of Stuart Lake. Staff are outstanding and so helpful. King's cafe next to the hotel has a nice breakfast menu, and St. James Restaurant has decent but expensive Chinese cuisine; it closes earlier than you might think. There is a Subway Cafe a few minutes walk from the hotel, and there is a Save On grocery store a little past the Subway. I grew up in Fort St. James; The View is definitely not the old Fort St. James Hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

David

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
People Bumping uglies real loud in the hotel. Could hear them all through the building.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was good
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Jeremy

Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Modern stylish rooms with a spectacular view of the lake, I’ll be staying here again!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adelheide

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Easy to walk every where
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Jennifer

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Expensive!
I was blown away by how expensive it was to have two beds! One bed was $150 and then 2 beds being 270! I’ll never stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

Marcus

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

marcus

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bryce

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Bartholomew, Cumberland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a well managed and responsively staffed hotel on top of quality renovated suites.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Laurel

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
So this is basically the only place in Ft St James to stay. The hotel is older but has been well maintained. One thing…DO NOT ACCEPT ROOM 225 . It is classed as Lakeview except the window looks out on the HVAC system you do not have a lakeview. I complained and they reduced my rate but the hotel was fully booked and so could not change my room. You pay more for lakeview which is beautiful…just not from room 225!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Harmanpreet

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

Sarah

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The view was nice. The water in the tub was rusty
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great view
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

DARCIA

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I enjoyed my stay.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Silviawati

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I was there for 1 night. The hotel is well maintained and clean. Parking is adequate.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

4/10 Poor

Susan

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I like that it was beside my work location. Did not like no housekeeping for three days! No changing towels, removing garbage!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Brendan

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Morgan

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Carlee

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
front staff member not friendly at all. Water was coming out brown. floors looked like they had not been vacuumed in months
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021
Response from Lesley Braden, General Manager on 8 June 2021
Dear guest; We're sorry you didn't enjoy your stay! We are in the middle of a water softener upgrade to the hotel and it has caused a few issues with water. We are working hard to fix this problem! We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience. Please contact the General Manager at front desk directly for employee complaints. We hope to do better on your next stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Beat, Calgary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was covid-19 and there was no food, but the room and the view were great!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Way overpriced for what it is... the tap water had sediment in it (but elsewhere in town the water was clear... so it was the hotel). Asked for a kettle and it was coated in mineral residue/dust inside. There were a few other issues - overall it isn’t worth a stay. I’ll opt to stay in Vanderhoof and do the drive to Fort St. James if needed
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Lesley Braden, General Manager on 5 Mar 2020
My apologies. We are currently experiencing issues with calcium in our water system. We are working on getting the problem fixed as soon as possible. If there were other issues, please contact me at the Hotel, and I will be happy to assist if I can. Thank you for your feed back.

4/10 Poor

Michael

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Lesley Braden, General Manager on 5 Mar 2020
Thank you for your feed back Michael. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Lesley Braden, General Manager on 5 Mar 2020
Thank you for your feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed your stay.

4/10 Poor

Danny, Vancouver

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Would have preferred a lake view, got a parking lot view, asked to change room but they wouldn't allow it as it was booked by Expedia they said, if it were booked by their direct site then we could have got a lake view. Not very good customer service, doesn't make a difference in room prices but there barely wasn't any other guests as well so i don't know why it was a big problem
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from General Manager on 10 Feb 2020
Hi Danny, sorry that you didn't have a great experience. I think it may have been a misunderstanding. There is a price difference between parking lot side and lake side. We can do upgrades to the lakeside with Expedia, for the additional charge. We do not do discounts with Expedia, which is most likely what the staff member meant. For discounted rates, with no commission, you must book directly. Hopefully this clears up a few things, i will speak to the staff for clarity. We hope to see you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Natheer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and nice hotel i think it's a bit expensive and they dont serve breakfast like other hotels ! All the restuarant around the hotel closes at 8 so be prepare
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
it has a wonderful view of the lake. It is very clean and well mantained
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Pleasantly surprised - nice room, clean and fresh
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very nice hotel, spotless .., lovely area to visit.. Simply require to hring uour own food as not much in the line of resturants
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Roman

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great view!
Great hotel. Clean rooms and friendly staff. AC units are very loud when they kick in and wake you up.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

JO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My son's grad
Very comfortable room. Incredible view. The name of the hotel suits it.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019